Ada Lovelace devised the first program. Grace Hopper wrote the first complier. Margaret Hamilton started the field of software engineering. Women have always been and will always be essential to the advance of computing.https://twitter.com/louisemensch/status/1015775582263627776 …
No, I am a nerd and have been borderline suicidal because of that for most of my life. I am also aware that I am stuck with an inferior gender. I learned coding as a child and studied cs despite the nerd stigma and discouragement it carried in the 1980ies.
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If you don't mind me asking: 1) Why do you consider it an inferior gender? 2) Why does being a nerd make you feel borderline suicidal? Both these assertions greatly concern me as a human being.
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I won’t go there on public twitter, but Scott Aaronson said most of what needs to be said in comment 171: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2091#comment-326664 …
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It's unfortunate that we live in a society that discourages intellectual pursuits (or any pursuit that is outside the norm). Nature however teaches us that diversity is what's most important. Furthermore, it's each person's uniqueness that gives them a sense of meaning in life.
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Diversity, however is not optimal, yet for creativity and emergence, it is essential.https://medium.com/intuitionmachine/human-personalities-are-just-preferences-between-exploitation-and-exploration-37a2a59459b0 …
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I am not competent enough to be called a nerd (according to my std, at least) but I was a loner simply because I tried too hard to be as honest as possible. And I always have the feeling that my gender is inferior, short-lived, and more prone to be controlled by my male-ape body.
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I also find that it is rare for a man to thinking like this. I think that most men think they are superior, either consciously or unconsciously.
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